Chron: Dad beats daughter’s alleged molester to death

A father who claims he found a man molesting his 4-year-old daughter Saturday retaliated by beating him to death, according to VictoriaAdvocate.com.

Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon told the website that the death occurred around 3:45 p.m. in a home along County Road 302 near Shiner, about 127 miles west of Houston.

Authorities have not identified the deceased man, nor the girl or her father. No arrests have been made, according to VictoriaAdvocate.com.

The sheriff told the website that the dad caught the man trying to molest his daughter. When he tried to stop him, he struck him several times in the head, VictoriaAdvocate.come reported . The man was pronounced dead at the scene by Alene Lyons, the justice of the peace for Precinct 4 in Lavaca County.